WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Medieval Latin, according to kaikki.org data.
355 entries
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| DUCT | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to convey through a duct |
| LEUD | [n. -S or -ES] · a feudal vassal |
| LINT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to give off lint (=linted linting) |
| SACK | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to put into a sack - SACKABLE [a.] (=sackable) / [x] { sack sacque § sacks sacques § sack sacked sacking sacks § sackable sacked } |
| SOKE | [n. -S] · a feudal right to administer justice within a certain territory |
| SPEC | [v. SPECCED, SPECCING, SPECS] · to write specifications for |
| UVEA | [n. -S] · a layer of the eye - UVEAL [a.] |
| BEDEL | [n. -S] · an English university officer / [x] { bedel bedell § bedells bedels } |
| BURSA | [n. -SAS or -SAE] · a bodily pouch - BURSAL [a.] |
| COXAL | < COXA, [n. COXAE] · the hip or hip joint - COXAL [a.] |
| EPOCH | [n. -S] · a particular period of time - EPOCHAL [a.] |
| ICHOR | [n. -S] · a watery discharge from a wound - ICHOROUS [a.] |
| ILEUM | [n. ILEA] · a part of the small intestine |
| LOBBY | [v. -BIED, -BYING°, -BIES] · to attempt to influence legislators |
| NADIR | [n. -S] · a point on the celestial sphere - NADIRAL [a.] |
| OPTIC | [n. -S] · an eye |
| PLICA | [n. -CAE or -CAS] · a fold of skin - PLICAL [a.] (=plicas) |
| AGENCY | [n. -CIES] · an organization that does business for others |
| BAOBAB | [n. -S] · a tropical tree |
| BARQUE | [n. -S] · a sailing vessel |
| BURSAR | [n. -S] · a college treasurer |
| CAUCUS | [v. -CUSED or -CUSSED, -CUSING or -CUSSING, -CUSES or -CUSSES] · to hold a political meeting |
| CHORUS | [v. -RUSED or -RUSSED, -RUSING or -RUSSING, -RUSES or -RUSSES] · to sing in unison |
| COSTAL | < COSTA, [n. -TAE] · a rib - COSTAL [a.] COSTALLY [b.] (=costally) |
| CURATE | [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · to act as curator of |
| EMBRYO | [n. -BRYOS] · an organism in its early stages of development / [x] { embryo embryon § embryons embryos § embryon } |
| ENTITY | [n. -TIES] · something that has a real existence |
| EXHUME | [v. -HUMED, -HUMING, -HUMES] · to dig out of the earth |
| FACIAL | [n. -S] · a treatment for the face |
| FEALTY | [n. -TIES] · loyalty |
| GROUSE | [v. GROUSED, GROUSING, GROUSES] · to complain |
| HORARY | [a.] · hourly / [x] { horary hourly § hourlies § horal horary hourly § hourly } |
| INVEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to commit something of value for future profit |
| LABIAL | [n. -S] · a labially produced sound |
| MUFFLE | [v. -FLED, -FLING, -FLES] · to wrap with something to deaden sound |
| NUCHAL | [n. -S] · an anatomical part lying in the region of the nape |
| PILLAR | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to provide with vertical building supports |
| RATIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to approve and sanction formally |
| REGNAL | [a.] · pertaining to a king or his reign |
| REPAST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to eat or feast |
| SENTRY | [n. -TRIES] · one who stands guard |
| SIGNET | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to mark with an official seal |
| SPRUCE | [a. SPRUCER, SPRUCEST] · neat and trim in appearance - SPRUCELY [b.] / ----- [v. SPRUCED SPRUCING SPRUCES] · to make spruce / [x] { spruce spruces § spruce spruced spruces sprucing § spruce sprucer sprucest sprucier spruciest sprucy § sprucely } |
| STAPES | [n. -PEDES] · a bone of the middle ear |
| STRESS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to place emphasis on |
| SULDAN | [n. -S] · soldan «a Muslim~ ruler» / [x] { soldan soudan suldan sultan § soldans soudans suldans sultans § sultanic } |
| SULTAN | [n. -S] · the ruler of a Muslim~ country - SULTANIC [a.] / [x] { soldan soudan suldan sultan § soldans soudans suldans sultans § sultanic } |
| SYLVAN | [n. -S] · one that lives in a forest / [x] { silvan sylvan § silvans sylvans § silvan sylvan } |
| TALCUM | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to treat with a powder made from talc (=talcumed talcuming) / [x] { talc talcum § talcs talcums § talc talced talcing talcked talcking talcs talcum talcumed talcuming talcums § talcky talcose talcous } |
| TENDON | [n. -S] · a band of tough, fibrous tissue |
| TRINAL | [a.] · having three parts |
| TYMPAN | [n. -S] · a drum / [x] { timpano timpanum tympan tympano tympanum § timpana timpani timpanums tympana tympani tympans tympanums } |
| VERIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to prove to be true |
| VERNIX | [n. -ES] · a fatty substance covering the skin of a fetus |
| ALCOHOL | [n. -S] · a flammable liquid |
| ALGEBRA | [n. -S] · a branch of mathematics |
| ALODIUM | [n. -DIA] · allodium «land held in absolute ownership» - ALODIAL [a.] / [x] { allod allodial allodium alodium § allodia allods alodia § allodial alodial } |
| AMALGAM | [n. -S] · an alloy of mercury with another metal |
| ASCETIC | [n. -S] · one who practices extreme self-denial~ for religious reasons / [x] { ascetic § ascetics § ascetic ascetical } |
| BURGLAR | [n. -S] · one who commits burglary |
| BURSARY | [n. -RIES] · a college treasury |
| CAMERAL | < CAMERA, [n. -ERAS or -ERAE] · a judge's chamber - CAMERAL [a.] |
| CAUDATE | [n. -S] · a basal ganglion of the brain |
| CONNOTE | [v. -NOTED, -NOTING, -NOTES] · to imply another meaning besides the literal one |
| COUNTRY | [n. -TRIES] · the territory of a nation |
| CRANIUM | [n. -NIUMS or -NIA] · the skull |
| DECIMAL | [n. -S] · a fraction whose denominator is some power of ten |
| DEICIDE | [n. -S] · the killing of a god - DEICIDAL [a.] |
| DEIFORM | [a.] · having the form of a god |
| DIETARY | [n. -ETARIES] · a system of dieting |
| ELUSION | [n. -S] · the act of eluding |
| EMBRYON | [n. -S] · an embryo / [x] { embryo embryon § embryons embryos § embryon } |
| FACULTY | [n. -TIES] · an inherent power or ability |
| FEBRILE | [a.] · feverish / [x] { febrific febrile feverish feverous } |
| FURCATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · to divide into branches |
| GESTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to express by bodily motion |
| GRADUAL | [n. -S] · a hymn sung in alternate parts |
| HANAPER | [n. -S] · a wicker receptacle |
| HERETIC | [n. -S] · one that upholds heresy |
| HOBBLER | [n. -S] · one that hobbles «to limp» |
| LECTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to expound on a specific subject |
| LINEATE | [a.] · marked with lines / [x] { lineate lineated § lineate lineated } |
| MISSIVE | [n. -S] · a written communication |
| NULLITY | [n. -TIES] · something of no legal force |
| ORBITAL | [n. -S] · a subdivision of a nuclear shell |
| POMATUM | [n. -S] · a perfumed hair dressing |
| POTENCE | [n. -S] · potency / [x] { potence potency § potences potencies } |
| PREBEND | [n. -S] · a clergyman's stipend |
| PREDIAL | [a.] · praedial «pertaining to land» / [x] { praedial predial § predial § praedial predial } |
| PRELATE | [n. -S] · a high-ranking~ clergyman - PRELATIC [a.] |
| RAMPION | [n. -S] · a European~ plant |
| SAPHENA | [n. -NAS or -NAE] · a vein of the leg (=saphenas) |
| SEVERAL | [n. -S] · a few persons or things |
| THERIAC | [n. -S] · molasses / [x] { theriac theriaca treacle § theriacas theriacs treacles § treacle treacles § theriac theriaca } |
| TURBETH | [n. -S] · turpeth «a medicinal plant root» / [x] { turbeth turbith turpeth § turbeths turbiths turpeths } |
| TURPETH | [n. -S] · a medicinal plant root / [x] { turbeth turbith turpeth § turbeths turbiths turpeths } |
| URINATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · to discharge urine |
| VACUOLE | [n. -S] · a small cavity in organic tissue - VACUOLAR [a.] |
| VARIOLA | [n. -S] · smallpox - VARIOLAR [a.] / [x] { variola § variolas § variolar variolous } |
| VARIOLE | [n. -S] · a foveola «a small fovea» |
| VILLAIN | [n. -S] · a cruelly malicious person |
| VILLEIN | [n. -S] · a type of serf |
| ABRASIVE | [n. -S] · an abrading substance |
| ACOUSTIC | [n. -S] · a hearing aid |
| AFFOREST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to convert into forest |
| ALLODIUM | [n. -DIA] · land held in absolute ownership - ALLODIAL [a.] / [x] { allod allodial allodium alodium § allodia allods alodia § allodial alodial } |
| ALLUVIUM | [n. -VIA or -VIUMS] · detrital material deposited by running water / [x] { alluvion alluvium § alluvia alluvions alluviums } |
| BESTIARY | [n. -ARIES] · a collection of animal fables |
| CANONIZE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to declare to be a saint / [x] { canonise canonised canonises canonising canonize canonized canonizes canonizing § canonised canonized } |
| CHAPLAIN | [n. -S] · a clergyman attached to a chapel |
| CIBORIUM | [n. -RIA] · a vessel for holding holy bread |
| COLISEUM | [n. -S] · a large structure for public entertainment / [x] { coliseum colosseum § coliseums colosseums } |
| COVETOUS | [a.] · excessively desirous |
| CURRENCY | [n. -CIES] · money |
| DEMONISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · to demonize / [x] { demonise demonised demonises demonising demonize demonized demonizes demonizing } |
| DEMONIZE | [v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] · to make a demon of / [x] { demonise demonised demonises demonising demonize demonized demonizes demonizing } |
| DISTRESS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to cause anxiety or suffering to |
| DOXOLOGY | [n. -GIES] · a hymn or verse of praise to God |
| EFFUSIVE | [a.] · pouring forth |
| EULOGIUM | [n. -GIA° or -GIUMS] · a eulogy / [x] { eulogium eulogy § eulogia eulogies eulogiums } |
| FILAMENT | [n. -S] · a very thin thread or threadlike structure |
| FUNGIBLE | [n. -S] · something that may be exchanged for an equivalent unit of the same class |
| GLOBULAR | [n. -S] · a spherical cluster of stars (=globulars) |
| GRADUAND | [n. -S] · one who is about to graduate |
| HIDROTIC | [n. -S] · a drug that induces perspiration |
| IDEALITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being perfect; something idealized |
| IDONEITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being idoneous |
| INDUCTOR | [n. -S] · one that inducts «to bring into military service» |
| INTONATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · to intone «to speak in a singing voice» / [x] { intoning § intonate intonated intonates intonating intone intoned intones intoning } |
| LACRIMAL | [n. -S] · a type of vase / [x] { lachrymal lacrimal lacrymal § lacrimals lacrymals § lachrymal lacrimal lacrymal } |
| LACRYMAL | [n. -S] · lacrimal / [x] { lachrymal lacrimal lacrymal § lacrimals lacrymals § lachrymal lacrimal lacrymal } |
| LINEATED | [a.] · lineate «marked with lines» / [x] { lineate lineated § lineate lineated } |
| LUNATION | [n. -S] · the interval between two successive new moons |
| LUTANIST | [n. -S] · one who plays the lute / [x] { lutanist lutenist lutist § lutanists lutenists lutists } |
| LUTENIST | [n. -S] · lutanist «one who plays the lute» / [x] { lutanist lutenist lutist § lutanists lutenists lutists } |
| MEZEREON | [n. -S] · a flowering shrub / [x] { mezereon mezereum § mezereons mezereums } |
| NEGATORY | [a.] · expressing negation |
| OLIBANUM | [n. -S] · a fragrant resin |
| PHOSPHOR | [n. -S] · a substance that will emit light when exposed to radiation / [x] { phosphor phosphore phosphorus § phosphores phosphori phosphors phosphoruses } |
| POPULATE | [v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · to inhabit |
| PRACTISE | [v. -TISED, -TISING, -TISES] · to practice / [x] { practice practicing practise practising § practices practises § practice practiced practices practicing practise practised practises practising § practiced practicing practised practising } |
| PRAEDIAL | [a.] · pertaining to land / [x] { praedial predial § predial § praedial predial } |
| PRESERVE | [v. -SERVED, -SERVING, -SERVES] · to keep free from harm or danger |
| PRIORATE | [n. -S] · the office of a prior |
| PULMONIC | [a.] · pertaining to the lungs |
| PUNCTUAL | [a.] · being on time |
| SACRISTY | [n. -TIES] · a room in which sacred vessels and vestments are kept |
| SERAPHIC | < SERAPH, [n. -APHS, -APHIM°, or -APHIN] · a winged celestial being - SERAPHIC [a.] / [x] { seraph seraphin § seraphim seraphims seraphs § seraphic } |
| SERIATIM | [b.] · serially / [x] { seriatim § serially seriatim } |
| SURPLICE | [n. -S] · a loose-fitting~ vestment |
| SYLLABUS | [n. -BI or -BUSES] · an outline of a course of study |
| TARTARIC | < TARTAR, [n. -S] · a crust on the teeth - TARTARIC [a.] |
| TENDENCE | [n. -S] · tendance «watchful care» / [x] { tendance tendence § tendances tendences } |
| TENDENCY | [n. -CIES] · an inclination to act or think in a particular way |
| TENESMUS | [n. -ES] · an urgent but ineffectual effort to defecate or urinate - TENESMIC [a.] |
| TOXICANT | [n. -S] · a poisonous substance |
| UBIQUITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being everywhere at the same time |
| VALIDATE | [v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] · to give legal force to |
| VELLEITY | [n. -ITIES] · a very low degree of desire |
| VERBATIM | [b.] · word for word |
| VIGOROUS | [a.] · full of vigor |
| VOLITIVE | [a.] · pertaining to volition |
| ACCESSORY | [n. -RIES] · © that which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate |
| AFFILIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally |
| ASPARAGUS | † [n. -ES] · edible plant with tender shoots |
| ASSERTIVE | [a.] · © positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory |
| CAUDATION | [n. -S] · derivative of caudate «having a tail or a tail-like~ appendage» |
| CULMINATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · © to reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead |
| DEFALCATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · © to cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc~. |
| EMBROCATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · © to moisten and rub with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc~., by means of a cloth or sponge |
| EMERGENCY | [n. -CIES] · © sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion |
| FORTALICE | [n. -S] · © a small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage~; -- called also fortelace~ |
| GENUFLECT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to bend the knee, as in worship |
| GNATHONIC | † [a.] deceitful and flattering |
| HENDIADYS | [n. -ES] · © a figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups |
| IMPORTUNE | [v. -TUNED, -TUNING, -TUNES] · © to require; to demand |
| INCENTIVE | † [n.] something that motivates, rouses, or encourages |
| INFIRMARY | [n. -RIES] · © a hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients~ are treated |
| INFURIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © enraged; rading~; furiously angry; infuriated |
| IRREGULAR | [n. -S] · © one who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service |
| LACHRYMAL | [n. -S] connected with weeping or tears / [x] { lachrymal lacrimal lacrymal § lacrimals lacrymals § lachrymal lacrimal lacrymal } |
| LIXIVIATE | † [v. -D, -TING, -S] · to extract soluble matter by percolation |
| NOVICIATE | [n. -S] · derivative of novitiate |
| NOVITIATE | [n. -S] · © the state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments |
| OFFICIANT | [n. -S] · © the officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office |
| OFFICIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service |
| ORIFLAMME | [n. -S] · © the ancient royal standard of France~ |
| ORIGINATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · © to give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new |
| PHOSPHORE | [n. -S] archaic form of phosphor / [x] { phosphor phosphore phosphorus § phosphores phosphori phosphors phosphoruses } |
| PROVENDER | [n. -S] · © dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed |
| PROVISORY | [a.] · © of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause |
| PULSATILE | [a.] · © capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument |
| PUNCTUATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc~., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning |
| QUOTATION | [n. -S] · © the act of quoting or citing |
| RECOLLECT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to collect again + |
| RECTANGLE | [n. -S] · © a four-sided~ figure having only right angles; a right-angled~ parallelogram |
| REFLEXIVE | [n. -S] · denoting a class of pronouns that refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause. Thus, in the sentence that man thinks a great deal of himself, the pronoun himself is reflexive |
| REGISTRAR | [n. -S] · © one who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages |
| REIMBURSE | † [v. -D, -SING, -S] · to pay back |
| SANCTUARY | [n. -RIES] · © a sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site |
| SECLUSION | [n. -S] · © the act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion |
| SECRETARY | [n. -RIES] · © one who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets |
| SENSATION | † [n. -S] · perception through the senses |
| SIGNATURE | [n. -S] · the name of a person or a mark or sign representing his name, marked by himself or by an authorized deputy |
| SOLEMNISE | [v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · derivative of solemnize «to celebrate or observe with rites or formal ceremonies, as a religious occasion» |
| SOLEMNIZE | [v. -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES] · © to perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms |
| SUPERVISE | [v. -VISED, -VISING, -VISES] · © to oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book |
| SYLLABISE | [v. -SES, -SED, -SING] · to syllabize / [x] { syllabise syllabised syllabises syllabising syllabize syllabized syllabizes syllabizing } |
| SYLLABIZE | [v. -BIZED, -BIZING, -BIZES] · © to syllabify «© to form or divide into syllables» / [x] { syllabise syllabised syllabises syllabising syllabize syllabized syllabizes syllabizing } |
| SYNCOPATE | [v. -PATED, -PATING, -PATES] · © to contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster~" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester~." |
| TENTATIVE | [n. -S] · © an essay; a trial; an experiment |
| TIMOCRACY | [n. -CIES] · © a state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive |
| TREMULANT | † [a.] trembling, tremulous |
| TRIALOGUE | [n. -S] · © a discourse or colloquy by three persons |
| TRIFORIUM | [n. -RIA] · a gallery in a church |
| ACCENTUATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to pronounce with an accent or with accents |
| ANNEXATION | [n. -S] · the act of annexing, esp~ territory, or the condition of being annexed |
| ANNUNCIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to announce |
| ANTINOMIAN | † [n.] one who embraces, encourages, or practices antinomianism |
| APPRECIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value |
| CAPITULATE | [v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions |
| CATHOLICON | [n. -S] · © a remedy for all diseases; a panacea |
| CAUTIONARY | [a.] · © conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals |
| COMPROMISE | [v. -MISED, -MISING, -MISES] · © to agree; to accord |
| CONCEPTUAL | [a.] · © pertaining to conception |
| CONTROVERT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate |
| CONVENTUAL | [n. -S] · © one who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse |
| COORDINATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification |
| CORPOREITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality |
| CREDENTIAL | [v. -TIALLED, -TIALLING, -TIALS, -TIALED, -TIALING] · something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc~. |
| DEPOSITORY | [n. -RIES] · © a place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records |
| DIAPHANOUS | [a.] · © allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear |
| EDULCORATE | [v. -RATED, -RATING, -RATES] · © to render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity |
| EMASCULATE | [v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld |
| EVIDENTIAL | [a.] · © relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity~ |
| EXHAUSTION | [n. -S] · © the act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents |
| EXHAUSTIVE | [a.] · © serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method |
| EXPATRIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to banish; to drive or force from his own country; to make an exile of |
| ICONOCLAST | [n. -S] · © a breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship |
| IMPORTANCY | [n. -CIES] · © importance; significance; consequence; that which is important |
| IMPREGNATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · © to make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young / [x] { impregn impregnate impregnated impregnates impregnating impregned impregning impregns § impregnate } |
| INFALLIBLE | [a.] · © not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable |
| INSECURITY | [n. -TIES] · © the condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt |
| INTIMIDATE | [v. -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] · © to make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash |
| INVAGINATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · © to insert as in a sheath; to produce intussusception in |
| LABORATORY | † [n.] a room |
| LEPROSARIA | < LEPROSARIUM, [n. -RIA or -RIUMS] · a hospital or other centre for the treatment or care of lepers |
| MANUSCRIPT | [n. -S] · a book or other document written by hand |
| MARGINALIA | [n.] · © marginal notes |
| MORGANATIC | † [a.] · pertaining to a marriage between unequal ranks |
| NEUTRALITY | [n. -TIES] · © the state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference |
| OLEAGINOUS | [a.] · © having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous |
| PERQUISITE | [n. -S] · © something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service |
| POLYSEMOUS | [a.] · derivative of polysemy «the existence of several meanings in a single word Compare monosemy~» |
| PREBENDARY | [n. -RIES] · © a clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church |
| PRECEPTORY | [n. -RIES] · © a religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London~ |
| PREDESTINE | [v. -TINED, -TINING, -TINES] · © to decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate |
| PREEMPTION | [n. -S] · © the act or right of purchasing before others |
| PREFERENCE | † [n. -S] · selection of one over others |
| PRESIDENCY | [n. -CIES] · © the function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care |
| PROGNOSTIC | [n. -S] · of, relating to, or serving as a prognosis |
| PROJECTILE | [n. -S] · © a body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm |
| PROLOCUTOR | [n. -S] · © one who speaks for another |
| PROMONTORY | [n. -RIES] · © a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape |
| PROPULSION | [n. -S] · © the act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion / [x] { propulsion pulsion § propulsions pulsions } |
| PROSECUTOR | [n. -S] · © one who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business |
| PROTECTIVE | [a.] · © affording protection; sheltering; defensive |
| PUNCTATION | [n. -S] · derivative of punctate «having or marked with minute spots, holes, or depressions» |
| RESPECTIVE | [a.] · © noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate |
| SUPERHUMAN | [n. -S] beyond what is possible for a human being |
| SYNONYMOUS | [a.] · © having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea |
| TENDINITIS | [n. -NITIDES or -NITISES] inflammation of a tendon |
| TESTICULAR | [a.] · © of or pertaining to the testicle |
| TYPOGRAPHY | [n. -PHIES] · © the act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation |
| UNDULATION | [n. -S] · © the act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound |
| UNIVERSITY | [n. -TIES] · © the universe; the whole |
| VEGETATIVE | [a.] · © growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating |
| VINDICABLE | [a.] · © capable of being vindicated |
| ADVENTITIAL | [a.] · (anatomy) of or relating to the adventitia |
| COMPURGATOR | [n. -S] · © one who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another |
| CONCENTRATE | [v. -D, -ING, -S] · to focus attention or effort / ----- [n. -S] · concentrated substance |
| CONNOTATION | [n. -S] · © the act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted |
| DECREPITATE | [v. -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] · © to roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt |
| DETRIMENTAL | [n. -S] · when postpositive, followed by to: harmful; injurious; prejudicial |
| DISSIMILATE | [v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to render dissimilar |
| DOMESTICATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · to bring or keep (wild animals or plants) under control or cultivation |
| EVANESCENCE | [n. -S] · © the act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes |
| EXCLAMATORY | [a.] · © containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker |
| EXPROPRIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| INADVERTENT | [a.] · © not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive |
| INCARCERATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to imprison; to confine in a jail or prison |
| INCARNATION | [n. -S] · © the act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature |
| INCRIMINATE | [v. -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] · © to accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate |
| INFLUENTIAL | [n. -S] · having or exerting influence |
| INTENTIONAL | [a.] · © done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental |
| INTERACTION | [n. -S] · © intermediate action |
| ITINERATION | [n. -S] · derivative of itinerate «(intransitive) to travel from place to place» |
| LEPROSARIUM | [n. -RIA or -RIUMS] · a hospital or other centre for the treatment or care of lepers |
| MEDIASTINUM | † [n.] the region in mammals between the pleural sacs |
| OMNIPRESENT | [a.] · © present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, the omnipresent Jehovah~ |
| OMNISCIENCE | [n. -S] · © the quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute peculiar to God |
| PENITENTIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears |
| PUNCTUATION | † [n. -S] · act or system of marking with punctuation marks |
| PUTRESCENCE | [n. -S] · © the state of being putrescent; putrescent matter |
| REDUPLICATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · to duplicate again + |
| REVERENTIAL | [a.] · © proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe |
| SCRIPTORIUM | [n. -RIA or -RIUMS] · © in an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing (=scriptoriums) |
| SEMPITERNAL | [a.] · © of neverending~ duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end |
| SUPERFLUITY | [n. -TIES] · © a greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth |
| THAUMATURGE | [n. -S] · © a magician; a wonder worker / [x] { thaumaturge thaumaturgist § thaumaturges thaumaturgists } |
| TRANSPARENT | † [a.] · allowing light to pass through |
| TRIANGULATE | [v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured |
| TRINITARIAN | [n. -S] alternative form of Trinitarian |
| ULTRAMARINE | [n. -S] · beyond the sea |
| VINDICATIVE | [a.] · © tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy |
| ADVENTITIOUS | [a.] · © added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign |
| ASSIMILATION | [n. -S] · © the act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another |
| AUTHENTICATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · © to render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit |
| CONSISTORIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to a consistory |
| CONSULTATIVE | [a.] · © pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference |
| CONTEMPORARY | [n. -RIES] · © one who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch~ and Chaucer~ were contemporaries |
| DISCIPLINARY | [a.] · © pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training |
| DISCONSOLATE | [a.] · sad beyond comfort; inconsolable |
| ELEEMOSYNARY | [a.] · © relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation |
| INTERMEDIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to come between; to intervene; to interpose |
| INTROMISSION | [n. -S] · © the act of sending in or of putting in; insertion |
| IRRESISTABLE | [a.] dated form of irresistible |
| IRRESISTIBLE | [a.] · © that can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction |
| POLYSYNDETON | [n. -S] · © a figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton |
| PREDILECTION | [n. -S] · © a previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality |
| PRESBYTERATE | [n. -S] · © a presbytery; also, presbytership~ |
| RAMIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement |
| RATIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty |
| REFRIGERATOR | [n. -S] · © that which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool / [x] { fridge frig frigging refrigerator § fridges friges frigs refrigerators § fridge fridges frig frigged frigging frigs § frigging § frigging § frig } |
| SUBSTANTIATE | [v. -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] · © to make to exist; to make real |
| TRANSPARENCE | [n. -S] · © the quality or state of being transparent; transparency |
| TRANSPARENCY | [n. -CIES] · © the quality or condition of being transparent; transparence |
| VERIFICATION | [n. -S] · establishment of the correctness of a theory, fact, etc~. |
| AFFORESTATION | [n. -S] · © the act of converting into forest or woodland |
| AMBIDEXTERITY | [n. -TIES] · © the quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility |
| ARGUMENTATIVE | [a.] · © consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse |
| DOCUMENTATION | [n. -S] · the act of supplying with or using documents or references |
| INCARCERATION | [n. -S] · © the act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment |
| INCRIMINATION | [n. -S] · © the act of incriminating; crimination |
| PARAPHERNALIA | [n.] · © something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree |
| PROGNOSTICATE | [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · © to indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil |
| SOPHISTICATED | < SOPHISTICATE, [v. -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] · © to render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine |
| SPECIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits |
| SUBORDINATION | [n. -S] · © the act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting |
| SYLLABICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables / [x] { syllabication syllabification § syllabications } |
| TRANSPOSITION | [n. -S] · © the act of transposing, or the state of being transposed |
| CONSUETUDINARY | [a.] · © customary |
| DIVERSIFICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of making various, or of changing form or quality |
| PLENIPOTENTIARY | [n. -RIES] · © a person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business |
| PROGNOSTICATION | [n. -S] · © the act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction |